Preview of auction of personal property of fraudster

Описание: (13 Nov 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Pan from media to possessions of fraudster Bernard Madoff
2. Tight of jacket emblazoned 'Madoff'
3. Wide of US marshals, pan to showcase
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Roland Ubaldo, US Marshal:
"We don't have a total value of what we expect to gain tomorrow, but we can tell you we are expecting a big turnout, and we are expecting fair market value for all these items. Since Day One we have been seeking restitution for the victims and tomorrow we plan to take another step forward by liquidating these assets."
5. Mid of Madoff items
6. Tight of masks
7. Mid pan of sports equipment
8. Pull out of Auction items
9. Cigar box
10. Gold rings
11. Watch
12. Close up, ring
13. Pan down to hand holding watch
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Scheehan, Gaston & Sheehan Auctions:
"Probably the most valuable item would be the 'Prisoner's Rolex' watch. It's a vintage collectable, highly collectable, Rolex watch."
15. Pan of showcases with watches
16. Tight of watch, pan to more watches
17. Various watches, jewellery
18. Jewelled frog
19. Tight of stationary, pan to watch
20. Close up, same watch
21. Engraved pen
22. Tight of shirt
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Roland Ubaldo, US Marshal:
"Let's face it, there really is something here for everybody. You have thousand dollar watches, thousand dollar earrings, half a million dollar diamonds, but then you also have stationary, polo t-shirts that range from 50-100 dollars, and that's their fair market value."
23. Pan of auction room
STORYLINE:
The spoils of a feast that's over forever were on display in New York on Friday, before being auctioned off to help the victims of one of the biggest investment frauds in history.
Almost 200 items seized from the homes of the fallen financier Bernard Madoff go under the hammer in Manhattan on Saturday.
They range from furs, dishes and stationery to a Rolex known as "The Prisoner's Watch" because it was among those made for Allied prisoners during World War II.
This one belonged to Madoff, 71, now a 150-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.
Proceeds will be divided among Madoff's victims.
Madoff was sentenced in June, 2009, for orchestrating a decades-long Ponzi, or pyramid, scheme in which investors are paid with other investors' money rather than actual profits on their investment. The scheme destroyed thousands of people's life savings and wrecked charities.
As the lots went on show, two former computer programmers for Madoff's investment firm were arrested on charges of helping to cover up the fraud for more than 15 years.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Jerome O'Hara and George Perez provided the technical know-how needed to produce false documents and trading records, and took hush money to help keep the scheme going.

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